My first Peter May book. The China series first book. This was a gripping tale. Margaret is invited to teach at a university in China for 6 weeks. She isn't familiar with any cultural differences which makes things rather difficult for her. She is asked to do an autopsy on a burn victim, since that is her area of expertise. Of course the police detective Li Yan is not happy she is involved. Then two other bodies are found that may be linked. This is a can't put it down book. Looking forward to reading the next in the series